Too Strong a God by The Wavesinger

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Fanwork Notes

For swilmarillion for the tolkiensecretartexchange Silmarillion-themed Secret Santa. I combined two of your requests, and I hope you don’t mind!

 

Warnings for some referenced (but minor) rape and homophobia.

 

And acknowledgements: the title is from Orpheus’ song in the Underworld to get Eurydice back in Orpheus and Eurydice, because I’m obvious like that. A lot of credit for Vaire’s characterization goes to Dawn Felagund’s essay What the Valar Reveal About Gender Roles in Tolkien’s Legendarium. And the post-Mithrim scene owes a lot to the last chapter of Lipstick’s Talking Hurts.

 

I hope you enjoy this, swilmarillion. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Fanwork Information

Summary:

Fingon and Maedhros' relationship through the ages, from the point of view of two outsiders (who may or may not have played a part in its trajectory).

(For tolkiensecretartexchange on Tumblr's Silmarillion-themed Secret Santa)

Major Characters: Fingolfin, Fingon, Maedhros, Maglor, Original Character(s), Original Female Character(s), Vairë

Major Relationships:

Genre: Drama, Romance, Slash/Femslash

Challenges:

Rating: Teens

Warnings: Character Death, Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Mild), Violence (Moderate)

Chapters: 1 Word Count: 3, 032
Posted on 24 December 2015 Updated on 24 December 2015

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This is such a loving tale- enhancing an already tragic story of doomed love. But your take on it is very lovely- almost incidental, just a tiny intervention from Vaire - a lovely idea, the arrow missed- and so... Beautifully written.